3. We also found ads from Arcade Parlor appear in the format of in-text ad that highlighted words within the text of the webpage you visit are matched with advertising and/or related information units.

Arcade Parlor ad is generated by Arcade Parlor extension installing on your browser. In addition to Arcade Parlor is a browser add-on, or it is adware and PUP working with other dubious websites and advertiser to generate traffic and monetize it.

Arcade Parlor extension will access all of your websites, tabs and online activity for the collecting of your browsing habit and data including credit card, login password, and email, etc. The purpose is to inject the ads related to your preferences into most of the websites you browse so as to mislead you to click its ads or purchase the products Arcade Parlor ads promote.

As we have mentioned that some users download Arcade Parlor by themselves accidentally; but for others, via what means Arcade Parlor got onto their PC?

we learned that Arcade Parlor is related to games, which is similar to TopArcadeHits. It offers people different games on its official websites. If you download these games, undoubtedly, you”ll redirectly agree such adware to install on your PC. However, in most cases, people get infected with this “so-called virus” from free software installers from the internet, which may be fake updates, well-known installers, video recording/streaming and so on. As the additional offers, the tricky adware sneaks into computer without permission and knowledge. Fortunately, in the view of the distribution of this PUP, we work out an prevention tips to avoid being infected with Arcade Parlor adware or virus infections in the future.

❶ Uninstall Arcade Parlor and other PUP from computer

Locate Arcade Parlor or its different install name Snap do, Connect Toolbar, Yontoo, etc. and any other unknown and suspicious program from control panel as uncertain negative applications are in victim’s computer.

For Windows XP: Click “Start“>”Control Panel“>”Add or Remove Programs“>”Programs and Features“>Look for Arcade Parlor, and any dubious program, select them and click Remove.

For Windows 7/Vista: Click “Start” (“Windows Logo”)>”Control Panel“>”Uninstall a program“(under Program)>look for Arcade Parlor, and any dubious program, select them and click Uninstall/Change.

For Windows 8:Right-click on the screen’s bottom-left corner> “Control Panel” >”Uninstall a program“(under Program)> Look for Arcade Parlor, and any dubious program, select them and click Uninstall/Change.

PUP.XXX including PUP.Arcade Parlor refers to malicious files of potentially unwanted programs like Arcade Parlor remain in your PC which can’t removed from control panel. As Arcade Parlor ad is suspicious of misleading you to malicious websites contain virus infections, you need use antivirus software to scan and remove all of virus infections.

❸ Eliminate Arcade Parlor browser extension from all of browsers

Because plugins related to Arcade Parlor will not disappear with the removal of Arcade Parlor and other viruses, you must remove them get rid of popups from Arcade Parlor and keep the security of your personal information.

Slim Toolbar (a pro tool contained in PC optimizing software Cloud System Booster that we recommend for you to clean up junk files and optimize computer in step 4) specializes in detecting and removing malicious and negative toolbar, add-on, extension, plugin and browser help object in major browsers.

Remove Arcade Parlor related add-on from your browser like what the similar picture shows below.

–Or you can choose to manually remove these plugins from your browser

Click on Tools(IE 8)/gear icon（ IE 9 and 10 ) at the upper-right corner of the Window, and the click on Manage add-ons. Then come to Toolbars and Extensions tab. Right click on any of unknown and dubious extension and then click on Disable.

Go to Firefox , click on Add-ons and switch to the Extensions Tab. Click Remove to get rid of any of unknown and dubious browser add-on.

Go to wrench or 3 bar icon(next to the address bar), click on Tools and then click on Extensions. Locate any of unknown and dubious extension and then remove it by clicking the trashcan icon next to it.

❹ Clean up leftovers of Arcade Parlor and optimize your PC

The residual junk files, error and invalid registry entries of Arcade Parlor and other viruses, which are not malicious but slow down your PC speed must be clean up. Because the excess leftovers will crash down your running program easily and do harmful to your PC. Here the system maintenance and optimization tool Cloud System Booster is recommended.

2. After you install the program, please open it, click on Quick Clear button on the main screen to run a quick and full scan.

3. Once the scan completes, there will come out a result screen, please click Clear button there to remove these junk files, invalid registry entries, etc to make sure the computer system is clean.

Except this system cleaning, please clean up junk files and other system junk regularly to keep your PC in a healthy state.

❺ Install ad and malicious websites blocker for security online

To avoid being infected by adware and annoyed by popups, you are recommended to install internet ads blocker—Anvi Ad Blocker to give you a real-time protection. It protects Windows system from malicious URLs, phishing websites, pop-up/flash ads as well as your unwanted websites by blocking them all. Moreover, it also speed up your webpage loading meanwhile it blocks all risky or potentially risky things from the Internet. Install Anvi Ad Blocker to protect the browsers from various pop-up ads, malicious websites. Download and install free or pro version of Anvi Ad Blocker. Then open it and it will keep running to help you to protect your computer from various online risks and annoyance ranging from spam ads, pop up ads, flash ads to phishing, hacked websites and many other malicious websites.

After installing the spam ads and malicious URLs blocker, please click on the ON button to keep it running, so it will give you a real-time protect to help you out of the annoying of popup ads and attack of various malicious URLs.

When appearing malicious or unwanted URL, Anvi Ad Blocker will popup this window to Remind you. If you are agree to block it, please click OK; if not, please select Add to the White list to let the URL never be blocked again.

Besides, you can add malicious URLs to Black Lists to block them run and add URLs that you think aren’t annoying to White Lists to allow them to run.

How to Be Safe Online

( to avoid being infected with Arcade Parlor and virus infections in the future)

To ensure be safe on in the further, we need to adopt necessary measures to get free from virus infections. Here we offer you some effective prevention tips and these tips are applied to all of browser hijacker, redirect virus, adware, toolbar and PUPs that share the common with distribution.

2. Always keep an eye on what you click and download, including music, movies, files, browser plug-ins or add-ons. When you do install software, make sure you’re getting the software from a trusted source.

3. Even if you have to install a necessary software, please always select Custom Installation instead of Recommended Installation and refuse any plugin by opting for Decline or Skip or other means during the process of installing such free software.

4. Keep your antivirus software and other security protect applications up to data.

5. Delete internet browsing history including the history of the websites you have visited and the history of the downloads you’ve performed to prevent you from getting malicious infections again.

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Keep your disk drivers clean

After a longtime of use, your disk drives must carry a heavy load. it is necessary to install a repair and clean tool like Anvi Ultimate Defrag to help you fix bug and errors of files in your disk drives, clean up junk files, rearrange fragmented data in the disk as well as optimize the performance of your disk drives.